Surname Checker / Whitehead
How Common Is the Last Name Whitehead?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Whitehead today
49,131
Ranked #776 of 162,254 published surnames · 15.04 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 44,373 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
70.49%
Black
24.03%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.4%
Hispanic
2.11%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.